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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
YOU REMEMBER0/ SHE WHISPERED
The effect.,. on Waters was little short of uncanny. He stood, with blazing eyes fixed on the singer, his cheeks rich with color, then his heart seemed to cease beating. Every vestige of arterial blood left his face, and his whole frame trembled with emotion.
Jessica sang with ever-increasing fervor. Then, suddenly, she raised her soft eyes to his, and it seemed as if she would collapse. Her fingers faltered and her voice became hoarse with suppressed sobs. She avoided betrayal of her intense feeling by a tremendous effort of the will, and continued bravely until she regained self-control, and her voice rang out with thrilling vibrations that seemed to find responsive echo in other hearts. There was a restless movement of appreciation thruout the room.
Waters became a pitiable object. Perspiration burst from his forehead ; he covered his brow and eyes with one trembling hand, while the other groped on the piano until it clasped the damask rose. ; He raised the flower to his lips, and then he broke down completely.
" 'Then you'll remember me,' " Jessica poured forth in song, as if the sentiment came straight from her heart. She rose after the last refrain and confronted the white-haired stranger.
He was quivering from head to foot; her eyes were brimming with sympathy.
"You remember0?" she whispered, looking him tenderly in the eyes.
He nodded, but could not speak. Great tears were coursing down his cheeks from beneath nerveless fingers.
Barney called Morgan, and gently